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Rebecca Smith vs Seema Malhotra

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 184 different votes 201 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 2% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
265
+122.5 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Contributions
332
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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